Oil or other vessel and receptacle.



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OIL OR OTHER VESSEL AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,944, dated July 17,1900.

Application filed January 18, 1900. Serial No. 1,872. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, Louis EUGNE BULTEZ, a citizen of the Republic ofFrance, residing at Varenne St. Hilaire, France, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in or Relating to Oil or other Vessels andReceptacles, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in France, datedJune 28, 1899, under No. 290,357, and have applied for Letters Patent inEngland under No.25,581, dated December 27, 1899,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in oil and other vessels,and especially to that portion which forms a tap or closing device, andis especially applicable for oilcans.

In order to render the following explanation clearer,the accompanyingdrawings illustrate, by Way of example only, a device constructedaccording to this invention and adapted to an oil can or vessel.

Figure l represents the tap open-z'. e., in such a position that thereceptacle can be emptied of its contents. Fig. la is a section of thehandle on line A B, Fig. l. Fig. 2 illustrates the same tap closed.Figs. 3, 4, and 5 illustrate in detail the different parts constitutingthe tap.

The tap consists, mainly, of a tubular body d, provided with an orificeb in its side. This tubular part is xed by any suitable means to thebody of the vessel for which the tap is intended, as by screwing orsoldering at d, Over this tubular part fits a sleeve or ring f,preferably passing over a narrowed portion e of the former, which sleeveis provided with an outwardly-projecting spout g. The sleeve f is alsoprovided with a passage 7L in the direction of its axis, the use ofwhich will be explained hereunder. The spout g can be made tocommunicate, by means of a boring t' in the wall of the sleeve f, withthe interior of the inner tubular body ct through its oriiice b.

The tubular body a is provided with a screwthread at its upper end j,into which a cap 7c is screwed. The latter may be rendered immovable byany suitable means-as, for instance, by means of a safety-plate. The cap7e is provided With a passage or perforation Z near its edge, adapted tocoincide under certain conditions with the passage h in the sleeve. f

Vhen the parts as described above are combined under the conditionsindicated and the sleeve f is so turned that the spout g occupies theposition indicated in Fig. 2, its oriice t' does not coincide with theorifice h in the tubular body and the liquid contained Within the vesselcannot be poured out through the spout g. If, on the contrary, thespoilt g is turned through an angle of, say, one hundred and eightydegrees, so that the two orifices e and h coincide, the liquid containedin the vessel can pass out by way of the spout g. The air which it isnecessary to admit to the vessel in order to be able to pour out theliquid enters through the perforations l and h in the cap and sleeve,which coincide in this position of the spout, and thence passespreferably through the hollow handle min the interior of the vessel,Fig. l. This hollow handle m, which may be formed of a simple bent Atubeor half-tubep,Fig. la, covered by a coverplate q, the ends of which arefolded over wires r, is fastened at one end to the tubular body ct at c,Where it is bored to communicate with the passage h and the other end tothe top of the can or vessel. As will be seen from the drawings, theair-conduit m serves here as the handle of the vessel. According to thisarrangement of parts the spout itself acts as the handle of the tap, anarrangement which in itself greatly simplifies the construction of theapparatus.

In order to secure the vessel against illicit refilling through thespout, there may be placed in the lower part of the interior of thetubular body a a plate s, provided in its center with a hole, againstwhich a ball tmay be lightly pressed bya spring u. Both the ball and thespring may be placed Within a perforated block or casing fr. When thevessel is tilted, the ball will leave its seat, and thereby permit thepouring out of the liquid, While when the vessel' is inl` aperpendicularposition the ball Will return to its seat, rendering itimpossible to introduce any liquid into the vessel.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A tap for oil and other vessels, comprising a tubular body provided witha lateral ori- IOO oe and a screw-thread at its upper end, a rotatablesleeve jonrnaled on the orieed portion of said tubular body, andprovided with a spout, said sleeve having, at one side, a longitudinalpassage, a screw-cap provided with a perforation at one side, said capbeing screwed onto the threaded upper end of the tubular body, and saidperforation being vadapted to be set in line with the said passage inthe sleeve, and a hollow air-conducting handle for Connection at one endwith the interior of the vessel and at the other end adapted tocommunicate with the said passage in the sleeve through a bore or holein the tubular body, substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOUIS EUGNE BULTEZ. Witnesses:

EMILE LEDRET, EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

